Senior Producer / Technical Project Manager
Location: GB, LND, NW1 7QP
Salary range: 40-50
Employment type: Full-time
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Project Management

Company profile:
The Technical Team and offering at VML London has a very strong heritage dating back to the mid-nineties when the London office was founded. Back in those days we were one of the first few purely digital marketing agencies in London; and back then things were a lot more technically driven than they often are today; as such the Technology team here continues to enjoy a strong strategic influence on the work that the agency undertakes and the clients that we engage.It just works.Technology is brilliant when you don’t have to think about it. That’s what we strive for in our solutions. Our technology team has a strong strategic influence on the work we undertake and are involved as soon as the brief lands. They stay involved throughout strategy, creative concepting and design. Acting as important enablers, we bring new and emerging technology to the table to successfully marry the requirements of our clients with the vision of our creatives.Open standards, open minds.We aim to deliver the most elegant technical solution for your budget, and maintain a technology agnostic approach to development in order to achieve that. Technology can be expensive, both in terms of hard costs and costly mistakes, so we’re as careful with your money as we are with our own.   Perhaps that’s why some of our clients have been with us for over 10 years. When faced with a new problem our first instinct is always to see if someone else has already solved it. As such, the solutions we design are built on the rich eco-system of open source software (OSS); the proven and battle-tested kind that we know will not just do the job quickly and cost-effectively, but also robustly. Where OSS isn't appropriate we always favour solutions that are built to open standards that we know will integrate well with other technologies.Strong partnerships.Our work is complemented by strong partnerships with technology vendors and suppliers.   Proven over time, our established strategic relationships with many of the leaders in software, hardware and other technology solutions help ensure we’re able to continue to offer best-in-class technical solutions for our clients.What we do:High availability and high performance website architecture &amp; developmentWeb content management solutionsCreative technology ideationContent optimisation, search and analyticsHigh volume, multi-locale email campaignsMobile optimisationLocalisation

Job description:
Senior Producers are responsible for the smooth running of projects, ensuring they are delivered to the highest quality within agreed timings and costs.You’ll be expected to provide strong leadership and direction to project teams, while overseeing the development of project scope and implementation. Clear lines of communication are essential, as well as appropriate management of client and internal expectations throughout all stages of delivery.Capable of working cross-discipline and with larger engagements and campaigns, the emphasis of the role will be technical project management for some of our key clients. You may also be involved in pitch work.Challenges:To set standards for delivery that inspire and motivate others, showing ability to slot into the VML processes and ways of working from the outsetTo effectively manage multiple-projects/workstreams as part of a busy programme of work and to maintain a good understanding of the priorities and interdependencies influenced by the client or internal constraints.To effectively manage strong on-going client relationships, both with direct client contact and through the account team.To be analytical with great attention to detail, ensuring consistent improvement in the quality of our outputTo build and maintain detailed understanding of our client’s business processes and the systems that VML are responsible for and interface with.Able to convey complex requirements, risks and issues internally and externally effectively.Support and mentor junior members of the team and share knowledge that makes the overall team more effective to support each other.

Requirements:
Knowledge and skills:At least five year’s production experience, working on large web development projectsExperience working a dynamic agency-environmentStrong comprehension of technical requirements and ability to translate these into project scope and delivery plansAn excellent understanding of digital projects and implementation methodologies, both agile and waterfallManagement of budgets up to or beyond £400kExcellent communication/project leadership skillsExcellent project planning and risk management experienceExcellent problem solving skills. Able to unblock barriers and drive solutions, ensuring all stakeholders are involved, informed and clear on risks and issues as they are presented.Strong understanding of commercial and account strategies, with the ability to tailor implementation and wider delivery processes to meet stakeholder requirementsAbility to effectively lead cross-functional team of designers, creatives and developersHighly-confident client management skills for project reporting, scope agreement and general engagement. Proven experience of regular client interactionExperienced in project estimating – desirable across both comms and web-dev projectsExperience working with third-party suppliers as part of delivery of project scopeHighly motivated, adaptable, innovative and keen to learn new skillsAble to manage multiple projects/tasksExcellent project initiation skills including an understanding of ROIExcellent attention to detail and an ambassador for qualityProficient in the use of Microsoft office applications (including Microsoft Project) and other applications/tools to support the role of Project ManagementExperienced user of JIRA for task and issue managementKey responsibilities:Extraction, development and clarification of requirements from clients, through the account management team.An understanding of what makes effective and clear project briefs, cost estimations and timing plansProject management of delivery to agreed timescales and costs while driving the project teams and client to the very highest quality of work and solutionPre-empt project risk and manage stakeholder expectations appropriately to mitigate as requiredManage project resource requirements and bookings to get the right person on the right job, including the management of third parties where appropriate, through the Creative Services team.Management of post project reviewsManaging the accurate and timely collation and reporting of time spent by teams on projects that are running including projections of work to completion and financial reconciliationReport to senior management on project/programme status. Plan future resource requirements based on the programme pipelineEnsuring all deliverables produced across the programme or project are to the required specifications and of the highest qualityKey relationships:Account teams: Collaboration to ensure best solution for client and VML, management of pipeline of work. Communication and presentation of scope, design, copy and final project and status throughout delivery on project.Client Services: resource scheduling and issue escalation.Production Director: line management, delivery methodology/approach, sign-off on SOW/CostsExecutive/Senior Producer: Mentorship, knowledge transfer, peer reviews and project supportImplementation personnel: staff, workstream and project delivery.Third parties: briefings, managing workflow and project delivery.Broad targets and goals:Maintain 80% billable utilisationManaging all projects appropriately within agreed timescales, cost and quality.Achieving the management of the highest quality work for our clients.Management of projects within 10% variance of agreed budget.If you would like to apply for this role please submit your CV with your salary expectations

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